PILOT HAVING HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE: ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE “SACRIFICIAL LAMB” CASE. THE QUESTION When the father of an airline pilot dies of Huntington’s disease‚ the airline does a routine random blood/drug screening. They instruct the lab to also screen for HD without informing the pilot. Now they want to fire him. PROBLEM STATEMENT The Airline instruct the lab to screen pilot’s blood for Huntington’s Disease without informing the pilot. The Airline want to fire the pilot. ETHICAL
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been crying. Her eyes were puffy and the sides of face were wet. “I just spoke with your grandmother and she told me my dad was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease.” Her monotone voice as she said these words reminded me of the time she told me my hamster had died. The following day‚ I went on the Internet and started researching Huntington’s disease‚ otherwise known as HD. I felt nauseous. Words popped up on my computer: behavioral disturbance‚ hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ psychosis‚ depression‚ suicidal
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Wilson Disease Introduction Wilson’s Disease‚ scientifically known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration‚ is an inherited disorder in which extravagant measures of copper accumulated in the body. In spite of the fact that Wilson’s Disease starts during childbirth‚ symptoms usually happen between the ages of 6 and 40. Indications can be serious‚ for example‚ liver ailment‚ or minor such as dribbling and trembling. This paper will clarify the following about Wilson’s Disease: the history‚ causes‚ symptoms
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Alzheimers is a fatal disease to the brain‚ and it affects millions of people world wide. According to Medical News Today it`s the sixth leading caused of death in America. Alzheimers is a slow process. Alzheimers disease has seven stages‚ and each stage progresses very slowly. The first stage of Alzheimers does not show any physical signs‚ but plaques and tangles in the brain can start to develop. Stage two is very mild decline to someone infected; for example‚ the person would lose or misplace
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are known as disorders. From things like Down Syndrome and Heart defects. Heart defects may not seem genetic but could be passed and is a family matter‚ things in a family’s history can show signs. Heart defects also known as “congenital heart disease (CCHD)” is used to refer to a large “group of serious heart defects that are present from birth” (Reference and Medicine). This disorder comes from issues with the formation of one or more parts of the heart in the
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Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an abnormally high number of CAG repeats (polyglutamine) in the huntingtin (HTT) gene (also known as IT15)‚ found in the short arm of chromosome 4‚ specifically‚ p16.3 (Buetow et al. 1991). Symptoms of this disorder include chorea (involuntary jerking movements)‚ cognitive deficits‚ motor deficits‚ and changes in behavior. This disease gets progressively worse over time‚ starting with subtle behavioral‚ cognitive
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1 to 2% of the people over 60 years‚ and estimated costs of drug treatment are about 1‚000 to 6‚000 dollars per patient per year1. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) is a now commonly used method in which two electrodes are implanted in a patient’s subthalamic nuclei to decrease the motor symptoms and instabilities of the medication in PD. Usually there are two electrodes implanted‚ one in each hemisphere‚ even though PD occurs asymmetrically. That would
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Crohn’s disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the United States. You may ask‚ “who can get Crohn’s disease?”. Anyone can get Crohn’s disease but it is more common for a woman rather than a man to get it. It has affected more than five hundred thousand people in the United States alone‚ that is about one for every seven people in the United States. Crohn’s has common symptoms of a cold such as abdominal pains‚ fever‚ and diarrhea‚ it also has many more symptoms. Crohn’s can affect
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most important diseases which is Huntington’s disease (HD). It’s widely spread around the world but it’s not commonly known among people. Since science developed and genetics became known‚ scientists discovered that HD is inherited from one generation to another which have put the scientists with a big challenge to find cure for such disease. In addition‚ this paper provides information about causes‚ symptoms‚ inheritance‚ treatments & a test for Huntington’s disease. My aim from
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Huntington’s chorea‚ or more commonly known as Huntington’s disease (HD)‚ is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects both men and women. Although previously thought to be a relatively rare disease‚ new research discoveries show that it’s actually more common than not; while the onset of symptoms typically occurs in a person’s 40s and 50s‚ research has also shown that individuals in their 70s‚ 80s and even 90s have enough repeats in the HTT gene to develop mild HD symptoms. (Samson‚ 2016) Through
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